E26

E26

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E·Mammals

Transliteration

ꜣbwAbw
determinativeotherlogogram

Variants (2)

Meanings

Representing an elephant.

1
determinative

Determinative for ꜣbw (“elephant”).

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

2
determinative

Classifier elephant

Clarifies the meaning of other signs

3
other

An elephant.

Has a specialized or contextual function

4
logogram

Logogram: Abw — elephant

Represents a complete word or concept

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

𓋭𓏮 𓍈𓅱𓏌 𓈖𓅱 𓍌𓃀𓃰𓈉 𓇋𓏶𓅱 𓂋𓏤 𓈖 𓊨𓁹 𓍿𓊃𓋭𓅱𓈖 𓅃 𓁷 𓃀𓈎𓇓𓅱

ṯꜣz.DU nw n(.ꞽ).w ꜣb.w ꞽm(.ꞽ).w rʾ n(.ꞽ) (w)sꞽr ṯ(ꜣ)z.w.n ḥr.w ḥr bqs.w

Dies sind die beiden Knoten(?)/Aussprüche(?) von Elephantine, die im Mund des Osiris sind, die Horus auf dem Rückgrat (der Schlange) geknotet hat.

2375 BCE – 2345 BCEearlier Egyptian

Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.